Chapter 13 Flashcards
Phylum Cnidaria: all animals except sponges are from clade____
Eunetazoa
2 characteristics of phylum cnidaria and ctenophora
Radial symmetry
Diploblastic
Phylum cnidaria: Becomes both POLYP and MEDUSAE during life cycles
Polymorphism
Layers of cnidarian body wall
Epidermis(ectoderm)
Mesoglea (jelly)
Gastrodermis (endoderm)
Polyp reproduction
Asexual
Budding, fission, pedal laceration
Phylum cnidaria zygote becomes _____
Planula larva
Cnidarians use _____ to catch prey
Tentacles
Contain toxin for pray capture cnidaria
Nematocysts
4 classes cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Cubozoa
Anthozoa
Phylum cnidaria: Individual polyp part of a colony
Zooid
Phylum cnidaria: Protective cup around polyp
Thecate
Phylum cnidaria: No cup around polyp
Athecate
Special sense organs hydrozoa medusae
Statocysts (balance)
Oceli
Hydrozoa polyp examples
Obelia (thecate)
Ectopleura (athecate)
Inward projection of bell
Velum
Scyphozoans’ sense organ containing statocysts and sometimes ocelli
Rhopalium
Saucer-like buds in scyphozoans
Ephyrae
Class scyphozoa: Produces ephyrae
Strobilation
Class cubozoa examples
Box jellyfish, sea wasps
Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Order scleractinia
Hexacorallian corals
Class anthozoa order actinaria
Sea anemone
Most diverse, productive ecosystems
Coral reef
Secretes calcium carbonate, the main structure of coral reefs
Hermatypic corals
Reef: close to land with no/narrow lagoon
Fringing reefs